South East: Human resources

Immigration

Duncan Lewis Solicitors¬†excels in public law immigration matters, where its team 'is not afraid to challenge accepted norms, take risks in advancement of its client's case and push boundaries in the client's favour'.¬†The practice acts for businesses and individuals on the full range of personal immigration, asylum and human rights, and nationality matters, as well as assisting high-net-worth individuals with points based system applications and appeals. In an illustration of its public law expertise, the practice acted in the lead case challenging removals to Bulgaria under the Dublin III Regulations. Key figures include¬†Bahar Ata, whose 'understanding of immigration issues, especially asylum support and EEA law, is second to none'; Ahmed Aydeed, who has extensive experience in asylum claims and unlawful detention matters;¬† and the 'outstanding' Zofia Duszynska, who demonstrates 'extraordinary¬†commitment to clients and up-to-date knowledge of relevant law'.

South East: Insurance

Clinical negligence: claimant

The 'dedicated and hardworking clinical negligence team' at Duncan Lewis Solicitors¬†is 'a safe bet and gets good results'. It is best known for its work on brain, spinal and neurological injury claims for both children and adults against NHS and private hospitals, while also covering obstetric, neonatal, cerebral palsy, anaesthetic, cardiac, organ damage, surgical, emergency care and prescription matters. 'First-class lawyer' and department lead¬†Rebecca Thomas¬†is recommended.

South East: Private client

Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

Duncan Lewis Solicitors¬†is 'a¬†well-established¬†and respected firm that provides a high quality of work in an efficient and friendly way'. Its expertise covers divorce and matrimonial cases, with notable expertise in representing domestic abuse victims under legal aid and mediation, as well as ancillary relief expertise. It also handles public law and cross-border issues concerning children, and has niche shari'ah-law expertise. Key figures include¬†Ravi Kaur Mahey, who is 'hardworking,¬†committed to clients and ensures they get the best representation they can'.

South East: Real estate

Social housing

Duncan Lewis Solicitors¬†attracts praise for its 'robust practical approach to case management and client management'. The sizeable housing law team regularly acts for social tenants in defending against possession and unlawful eviction cases, with housing law specialists who are 'at the top of their game'. Key figures include¬†Manjinder Kaur Atwal, whose expertise encompasses landlord and tenant disputes, housing disrepair, homelessness, and bringing reviews and appeals relating to local authority housing decisions.

Top immigration lawyers were shocked to hear that a recent investigation carried out by The Times newspaper found that the Home Office made a profit of ¬£500 million in 2018 from the increase in fees of many UK immigration applications. We were also shocked to hear that the Home Office has actually doubled its profits over the last 4 years wherein 2014 it made ¬£260 million which is almost half of what was gained in 2018 i.e ¬£500 million.

Immigration solicitors London confirm that on the August 8th 2019, UK PM Boris Johnson announced that in the light of Brexit, his government will create a new Global Talent Visa to make a fast track system that will encourage the migration of leading individuals who have an expertise in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM‚Äôs) into the UK.

Our team of immigration lawyers analysed a set of statistics from the Home Office that measured UK immigration entries and it showed that the new Tier 1 Innovator Visa and Tier 1 Start-Up Visa routes have not been very successful since their inauguration on 29th March 2019.

Our team of immigration solicitors confirm that after the most recent political developments on Brexit in Westminister the UK Government, will, once again, change its position on EU immigration in the UK and will be liberalising the rules for them after a possible no-deal Brexit.